Dealing with mice..

Kill_Phil

Kill_Phil

Kill_Phil

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Recently moved into a property and unfortunately seem to have a few mice running riot which are mainly confined to the attic space; it's converted with laminate and sounds like they are under this, with very limited access apart from the corner of the eaves.

Have tried sealing all visible entry points externally and food is kept in sealed containers. Slight issue in that its a semi-detached property with the roofing space connected so can't rule out next door. The neighbour is hardly there and pretty much lives at his partners house.

I've got several brands of traps laid including a humane one too; using a mixture of Nutella and peanut butter.

Only caught a single bugger in the last couple of weeks and just looking for some tips/advice before I call in the pros. Wanted to avoid bait traps as I don't fancy the stench when one inevitablably dies in the cavity walls!

Ta!
 
Mark M said:
Obvious one but get a cat! I regularly wake up to multiple mice left for me in the kitchen! Failing that use bird seed and digestive biscuit in the humane trap.
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Unfortunately I'm allergic to cats :D did think about borrowing the in-laws cat but its a lazy bugger and just not worth it

psd99 said:
glue traps with some nutella in the centre.

not the nicest sights or "pest friendly" but it will get rid of them
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Yeah have read about these; may have to resort to this but dont fancy the thought of drowning the poor blighters or caving their heads in :(

cheesyboy said:
We had some in our attic in the run up to xmas (they chewed through the xmas chocs we'd bought and put in there). I bought one of these traps:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077WSG42K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Used peanut butter as bait. In the first 6 or so days I'd caught 12 (twice, caught 2 at once), setting them free at the bottom of the garden. At this point I started to wonder if they were coming straight back in (the end of the garden is approx 50m from the house, but perhaps not far enough), so I started to release at the nearby park. Got to about 20 of the little buggers in total before the flow stopped.

On two occasions, the bait got eaten without setting off the trap, but otherwise it was great.

You'll probably struggle to catch them if there's still an alternative food source, though.
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I've got the exact same one so may try digestives or bird seed as suggested above as peanut butter doesn't seem to take their fancy so far! May have to weather the traps to throw them off the scent.
 
@cheesyboy yeah I have them placed as directed and against skirting boards so may give it another day before looking to place them elsewhere. As I said in op I believe they are under the flooring in the attic which is near impossible to reach.
 
Thanks all! Really helpful stuff, will make a dash to supermarket on way back for some peanut oil and may try mixing up the bait.

Watch this space...
 
Well needlessly to say I had to resort to poison in the end. Managed to catch 2 with traps but at least one other was way too smart for your bog standard trap and annoyed the hell out of me each night scratching.

After a week of laying the baittrap no more noise! Really didn't want to resort to poison but hey ho :rolleyes:
 
LuckyBenski said:
Enjoy the grace period before the smell... I think it's 3 weeks dead then 3 weeks of smelly. I've lived it a few times, quite quick to recognise that distinctive smell...
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Yeah the only reason why I held off...

Here's to hoping the thing ran off into next doors roof space
 
What bait you using @LuckyBenski ? I had been clear of mice but lo and behold I could hear scratching again the other night in the attic again! I even made an effort over the summer to plug any gaps I could find but as it's a semi detached they could be coming from anywhere
 
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